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Tenth floor death plunge of elderly man was suicide

Canberra Towers, Weston

7:10am Wednesday 3rd December 2008

AN elderly man killed himself by jumping from the tenth floor of a block of flats in Southampton, an inquest heard.

‘We couldn’t afford to fight on for our Winchester pub’

FLASHBACK: Protesters gather outside the Stanmore Hotel.

6:50am Wednesday 3rd December 2008

Sadness as regulars prepare for last orders

The Daily Echo backed Southampton Voluntary Services Christmas Toy Appeal

The Daily Echo backed Southampton Voluntary Services Christmas Toy Appeal

6:30am Wednesday 3rd December 2008

THEIR aim is to give a Christmas gift to 4,000 underprivileged children across Southampton.

Organic farm is in jeopardy

6:10am Wednesday 3rd December 2008

A FARMING family has launched an appeal against a planning decision, which they claim will see an end to their organic operation.

FOSSI the bear joins campaign for a playground

FOSSI the bear joins campaign for a playground at Hamble Primary School

5:40am Wednesday 3rd December 2008

FOSSI the bear was on hand to help youngsters begin campaigning for a new adventure playground at their Hampshire school.

Totton teachers return to school with apples

Former Oakfield Primary School teachers return to plant apple trees Echo picture by Matthew Watson. Order no: 7687116

5:20am Wednesday 3rd December 2008

TWO former teachers at a Totton school returned to its grounds to donate two apple trees.

Santa’s flying visit to Stockbridge

5:00am Wednesday 3rd December 2008

Father Christmas is to arrive by helicopter for Stockbridge’s late night Christmas shopping next Wednesday.

Over 1,300 complaints lodged about Christmas blunderland

Lapland animal enclosure

3:40pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008

SANTA was punched in his grotto and elves scuffle with parents in the gingerbread house as the list of shame goes on.

Hampshire man guilty of schoolgirl murder

Peter Tobin

4:10pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008

A HAMPSHIRE man has today been sentenced to a minimum of 30 years in jail for murdering a school girl.

Body found in lorry on Hampshire motorway

Breaking News

4:32pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008

THE body of man has been discovered in the back of a lorry on a Hampshire motorway.

Shop a crook with Crack-a-crime for Christmas

Robert Yeo

4:00pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008

AS the second door is opened on our alternative Christmas calendar we are asking for your help in tracing Robert Yeo.

Residents want sewage overflow removed after foul smells

Residents and yachtsmen at Fareham Creek

2:24pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008

THE notorious pong may have gone but there’s a new stench that is causing a stink in Fareham.

Swiss man robbed in Southampton alleyway

Daily Echo News

12:58pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008

POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a 40-year-old man from Switzerland was robbed as he walked along an alleyway in Southampton.

Man charged over Hamble bank raid

Robbers strike at Hampshire bank

10:23am Tuesday 2nd December 2008

A MAN has been charged after an armed robbery at a small Hampshire village bank yesterday.

Hampshire child welfare supremo takes on top job at Baby P council

Hampshire child welfare supremo takes on top job at Baby P council

8:25am Tuesday 2nd December 2008

A HAMPSHIRE council chief has been put in charge of children’s services at the London borough where a 17-month-old boy was killed after months of abuse.

Tributes paid to hero of the boxing ring

Vince Hawkins

3:20pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008

HE will be remembered as Hampshire’s finest post-war boxer.


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